Amos - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 619

or bullocks plough it 2-Yct you have turned justice to bitterness, and the fruit of Righteousness into worm- wood! You delighters in delusive things, who say ° Have we not obtained our horns by our own might? ’ Yet I will rise against you, House of Israel] a N ation to a$ict you, from the Pass of Hamath, to the River of the Arbah. My: Uisiun sf the Zumxsis. The Evmz-r.1v11~z<; Goo showed me the following ;—-— He formed locusts after the sprout-

ing of the aftermath which springs up after the Royal mowing. And when they had totally consumed the grass from the earth I exclaimed, ‘ MIGHTY LORD! Pardon now,-——can jacob endure it? for he is little l ' The Evan-Lxvmo had pity at that,

the LIFE said. Then the Mxcsmsv Gon enlightened me, and summoned a great Fire, and it devoured the great- deep and would have consumed the land l—but MIGHTY LGRDI Stop it. How can jacob endure it? for he The Evan-1.1vmo had pity for

This also shall not continuef the Mromsy Loan said. Again he enlightened me, and I

saw a Prince stand on a wall to plumb it,—~—with the plumb line in his hand. And the Evan-Lxvme asked me, What do you see now, Amos? ’ A plumber. I

will drop a plummet into the breast of My People Israel. I will not en· dure them longer, but the Mounds of Isaac shall be desolated, and the Sanctuaries of Israel burnt to ashes, and I will rise against the House of jerebam with a sword. Ghz ¥ri2¤i nf Qzilyzl yznnxntzzz Quin:. to Amaziah the Priest of Bethel con- sequently sent to jerebam, King of Amos is conspiring against you in the centre of the House of Israel ;—-·the country cannot bear the load of all his speeches. For Amos asserts that the Family of jerebam shall be killed by the sword, and that Israel will be transported from its own country l’ Go,

you Visionary;-—fly to the land of judahl and eat your bread there, and preach there, and never return to Bethel to preach ;-·-for it is a Royal ` Temple, and Royal Palace! Amos, however, answered and said

I was not a Preacher, nor the Pupil of a Preacher,·—but a herdsman, and gatherer of wild hgs! But the EVER-L1v1NG took me from the flocks, and the Lu` said to me ;·—-‘ Go! preach to My People Israel l ’ Therefore now listen to the message from the Evan-Livmol You say ‘ Preach not to Israel,’

and ‘ Do not drivel against the House of jacob 1 ’ But the Evan-uvmo, however, says, ‘ Your wife shall be outraged in this city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword, and your estate be divided by lots, and yourself shall die in the degraded land, and Israel will be transported from its own soil ! Il I2 :6

Ely: hizimz nf u Qazkzi nf Sruii. Then the Miourr Loan en- 8 lightened me, and I saw a basket What And I A basket of fruit. Then the Evan-Lzvmc said tome,

‘The harvest of My People Israel has come! I will not cease until it is gone through l—·—And the Songs in the Temple shall be howling at said the MIGHTY Loup, ‘with plenty of corpses flung in every place !’ 3 Qrnunriniimt uf Milluins;

Hear this, you devourers of the

poor !—-who exhaust the wretched of When will the New Moon be passed, when we can sell corn!——-—and the Sabbath so -——Who lessen the Ephah,··-—and increase the shekel, and swindle by small scales! Who buy the bankrupts for silver, and the helpless for a pair of slippers! But refuse to sell grain! The Loan has sworn by the pride of jacob, I will never forget your deeds! Will not the land tremble for them P And all of its residents mourn? A · A